SUNDAY CROSSWORD: FOOD FOR THOUGHT
ACROSS
1 Disseminated 5 JPEG alternative 8 Quick-witted 14 “Forbidden fruit is
the sweetest,” e.g. 19 Kind of writing 21 Hurting more 22 Mineral used as a
flame retardant 23 Aromatic herbal
drink
24 Carmen McRae or Anita O’Day, notably 26 Disorganized 27 Sound in the
Serengeti
29 Tying words? 30 Horrible boss, say 31 Neighbor of S.
Sudan
32 Endpoint of a
Shinto pilgrimage 36 What’s going up in
Chicago?
38 And so forth 40 Munchkin
41 Spade with a short
handle?
42 Morse morsel 43 You can have a
blast with this 44 “Yes, indeedy!” 47 ____ volente 49 Makes clearer, in a
way
51 1997 pop hit with a
nonsensical refrain 52 Fete
56 Anago, on a sushi
menu
57 In ____ fertilization 58 & 59 Flag bearers,
for short?
62 Clap back
63 Many moons 64 Chaired
66 Many, many, many
moons
68 Subj. line heading 69 Birthplace of five U.S. presidents, with “the” 73 German title
74 Like discriminatory
employers, often 75 Just roll with it! 76 See 88-Across 77 Eliminates, mobstyle
79 Driving stick? 81 ____ out a victory 83 Pack (in) 84 Fracases
85 Start of some conventional wisdom
88 With 76-Across, Mexican business magnate who was once the world’s richest person 89 Means of a quick
recharge
92 “____ funny!” 93 Fab
94 Akin to
95 Rapper ____ Cudi
or DJ ____ Loco 97 Comprehension 99 Domain of Mars
100 Boise-to-Spokane
dir.
1/23/22
102 Post-default event 104 “Eureka!”
108 “That’s the spot” 110 Kinda
111 Lunkhead
113 Court order
114 Red accessory for cartoondom’s Huckleberry Hound 116 Scientific contribution from 98-Down, discovered in a manner suggested by this puzzle’s theme
120 Crow’s-nests, e.g. 122 One living in the rial
world?
123 Lingerie fabric
124 Blights
125 More mirthful
126 Defiant refusal
127 ____ Plaines, Ill. 128 Start of a story, in
journalese
DOWN
1 Cause of a jolt 2 Really busy,
perhaps
3 It’s nothing to joke
about
4 Artist known for his lampooning cartooning
5 Startin’ place 6 “____ moved on” 7 Calming words 8 Holy city near
Baghdad
9 Hardly a lover of
hot wings? 10 Radio-frequency
meas.
11 Ad or show follower 12 ____ P. Morton, Benjamin Harrison’s vice president
13 Lost deposits, as a
bank?
14 Attorney’s org. 15 Sorrow
16 Thank you, in Tokyo 17 Stovetop device 18 Breadths
20 Sled dogs, e.g. 25 Word in some
cocktail names 28 Baseball’s “Master
Melvin” 33 Westernmost sch.
in Conference USA 34 Actress ____
Pinkett Smith
35 “Er ... umm ...” 37 Nonbinary
possessive 39 Game-show
invitation 45 Modern lead-in to
“X”
46 Got out fast 48 Exit
50 Tom Petty hit with the opening line “She’s a good girl, loves her mama” 51 Rendezvous 52 Nickname for
Virginia
53 Declare
54 Is beaten by
55 You might take a lift
to one
56 Married mujeres:
Abbr.
57 All-in-one purchase
from a smoke shop 60 Unforgettable,
unstoppable sort 61 They’re not to be
trusted
65 Julie who played Catwoman on old TV
67 Puzzle (out) 70 Personal bearing 71 Strong pan
72 Hard thing to do? 78 German title 80 Capital of
Bangladesh 82 Mushroom in miso
soup
86 Afterword 87 Nicolas who directed “The Man Who Fell to Earth”
©2022 New York Times 88 Lab where the
Higgs boson particle was discovered 89 Inventory
90 “My Cousin Vinny”
setting
91 Airport route 93 Squealed 96 Opposite of a glut 98 Who was famously hit over the head with inspiration? 99 Tech release of
2006
101 Didn’t act rashly,
say
103 Pit
105 Words before relax
or remember
106 Small section of a
pit
107 Bowl-shaped cooking vessels
109 German state that includes Frankfurt
112 Manage
115 What’s got ewe
covered?
117 Hemlock
relative
118 Old ____ (London
theater)
119 Gag line?
121 Spanish “hey!”